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Hooking up your washer to a drain might seem simple, but an incorrect installation could be disastrous. An improperly installed drain could result in water continually draining from the washer during the wash cycle. It could also result in drained water flowing back to the washtub rather than down the drain. Placing too much hose in the wall drain or stand pipe, or taping the hose to these pipes, cuts off the air supply needed for proper draining, resulting in water overflowing from the washer or the drain.

Floor Drains

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Unplug your washer from the wall outlet. Pull the washer away from your wall until you have enough room to access the rear of the machine.

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Measure 28 inches from the floor along the rear of your washer. Place a mark along the back of the washer at 28 inches.

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Raise the washer drain hose above the 28-inch mark if the drain hose connects to the bottom of the washer. Do this by loosely attaching the drain hose to the back of the washer with a cable tie threaded though any of the small openings in the back of the machine. If the drain hose is attached to the top back of the machine, loosely attach the hose across the back of the machine horizontally if the floor drain is on the opposite side of where the drain line attaches to the rear of the washer.

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Install a washer drain hose siphon break above the 28-inch mark on the back of the washer. Cut through the drain hose above the 28-inch mark with utility shears. Insert the two plastic drain hose sleeves provided with the siphon break kit into the cut ends of the hose. Slip the kit’s hose clamps over the cut ends. Insert one end of the T-shaped siphon break into one end of the drain hose. Insert the remaining drain hose onto the other end of the siphon break. Do not install the hose onto the end of the siphon break that has the air bleed vent inside. The air bleed vent looks like a rubber bladder with small holes cut in it. Tighten the hose clamps with a screwdriver to secure the drain hose and the siphon break.

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Insert the end of the washer drain hose into the floor drain. Ensure at least 4 1/2 inches of drain hose inserts inside the drain.

Floor Standpipes and Wall Drains

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Thread the end of the washer drain hose through one of the rings on the end of a U-shaped hose form. Lay the drain hose in the open channel of the form. Thread the end of the hose through the ring on the opposite end of the hose form. Adjust the form and the hose until at least 4 1/2 inches of hose, but no more than 8 inches, extends pass the end of the form.

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Insert the end of the hose and the hose form into the stand pipe or wall drain pipe. Loosely attach the drain hose to the stand pipe or washer supply hoses with a cable tie to keep the hose from slipping from the pipe or wall.

Laundry Tub Drain

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Unplug your washer from the wall outlet. Grasp the drain hose and pull it from behind the washer.

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Insert one end of the washer drain hose through one of the rings at the end of a U-shaped hose form. Lay the drain hose in the open channel of the form so that the hose creates a U-shape. Thread the end of the drain hose through the ring on the opposite end of the hose form.

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Adjust the form and the hose until at least 4 1/2 inches of hose, but no more than 8 inches, extends pass the end of the form. Hook the U-shaped hose over the edge of a laundry tub. Loosely attach the drain hose to one of the laundry tub legs with a tie strap.

About the Author

Cecilia Harsch has been writing professionally since 2009. She writes mainly home improvement, health and travel articles for various online publications. She has several years of experience in the home-improvement industry, focusing on gardening, and a background in group exercise instruction. Harsch received her Certified Nurses Assistant license in 2004. She attended Tarrant County College and studied English composition.